Western Representations of the Muslim Woman

Product Description

Paperback:Â 219 pages

Publisher:Â University of Texas Press; 1st edition (1999)

Language:Â English

Product Dimensions:Â 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches

Veiled, secluded, submissive, oppressedâ€”the "odalisque" image has held sway over Western representations of Muslim women since the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. Yet during medieval and Renaissance times, European writers portrayed Muslim women in exactly the opposite way, as forceful queens of wanton and intimidating sexuality.